World in brief: Hamas, Fatah fighting kills 6

Renewed violence between rival Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip left at least six people dead Thursday, despite a three-day-old cease-fire agreement.

Clashes broke out around the coastal strip after gunmen from the ruling Hamas movement ambushed a convoy of trucks they said were carrying arms from Egypt destined for its main rival, Fatah.

Four members of Palestinian security forces and two bystanders died in the fighting, and more than 40 others were injured.

Egyptian officials in Gaza and a spokesman for the presidential guard of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, a member of Fatah, denied the trucks were carrying arms. They said the cargo was supplies for a presidential guard compound in Gaza.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico

News of Saddam’s death taken down

A news report about Saddam Hussein’s execution was removed from a recreation area at the Guantanamo Bay detention center after a detainee’s lawyer accused officials of using it to frighten prisoners, a U.S. military spokesman said Thursday.

Authorities also removed an Arabic-language poster that depicted Saddam’s capture, court appearances and death sentence, said Navy Cmdr. Robert Durand, a Guantanamo Bay spokesman.

The military decided the poster “appeared insensitive” and did not belong in the recreation area, where authorities post information about current events for detainees.

“The intent of this poster was to show that the Iraqi people are making progress and have delivered justice,” Durand said in an e-mailed statement from the detention center on a U.S. Navy base in southeastern Cuba.

OSLO, Norway

Gore nominated for Nobel Prize

Former Vice President Al Gore was nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his wide-reaching efforts to draw the world’s attention to the dangers of global warming, a Norwegian lawmaker said Thursday.

“A prerequisite for winning the Nobel Peace Prize is making a difference, and Al Gore has made a difference,” Conservative Member of Parliament Boerge Brende said.

Brende said he joined Heidi Soerensen of the Socialist Left Party to nominate Gore as well as Canadian Inuit activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier.

During eight years as Bill Clinton’s vice president, Gore pushed for climate measures, including for the Kyoto Treaty. Since leaving office in 2001, he has campaigned worldwide, including with his Oscar-nominated documentary on climate change “An Inconvenient Truth.”

The Nobel Peace Prize winner is traditionally announced in mid-October.